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$Se oranges org news PUBLISHED. Atf 6pAJsrGrEmjRGr ETory Saturday Morning. by tur (?BANGEBURG NEWS COMPANY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. On? Copy for one year. $2.00 ?? m m Six Months............. 1.00 A?y eno sending TEN DO EL AR 8, for a Clnb of Ne:v Subscribers, will receive nn EXTRA COPY for ONE YE Alt, free of ?bare?. Any one sending FIVE DOLLARS, for a Club of New' Subscribers, will receive an EXTRA C?PY for SIX MONTHS, free bf 6h?rge. ?:o:? RATER OF ADVERTISING. 1 Square ist Insertion. Sl.oO , it >' 2d " .:.. 1.00 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier bv ?r.c iHob. of Advertising spa *e. Administrator's Notices.$6 00 Notices of Dismissal of Guardians, Ad ?imstratars, Executor?, &c.$9 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon tbo ?est liberal terms.' MARRIAGE and FUNERAL. NOTICES, Bat exceeding ono Square, inserted Without ?karge. ? i "tar 'Terms Cash in AtlvaneP. -v?5a BEABROOK, browning, MEYERS, N -??ATTORNEYS AT LAW, orncE at Orangefourg; and ISrnncuViilc, S ? o? Mr. MEYERS or RROWNIXG will bo kt DrancUvillc every Monday. It. B. SEABROOIC, Acting Solicitor 1st Circuit. MALCOLM L BROWNING. j. fei.dkm .meyers, Tiial Justice. knowlton & bull, 1 ATTORNEYS AND COUNSFLLORS PKAXOEnUXlG, s. ?. AlGUSTL'd B. KNOWI.TON, CHARLES R. r>L"IiL. Mr. Kaewlten will bo at Lewi-, villi: EVERT SATURDAY, and at Fort Motte on the 2d ka? 4fh FRIDAYS of every month. July 2S tf COOKIE & COOKE, ATTORNEYS AT LAW* t> k A N G E ? U EG, S. C. Tf ill attend to BUSINESS in any ot Ike STATU and the U. S. COURTS fof the District of South Carolina, t. it; COOKE. H. P. COOKS. T. H. COOKE, Trial Justice, will 1TTBND PROMPTLY to all BUSINESS Intrusted to his care. H. P. COOKE) Trial Justice, Lcw ?II le, S. C. juae 2S tf F. M. wannamaker, ATTORNEY AT LAW, itm be at OBANOEBURO, on Mondays* Fridays aud Saturdays. At LBW1SVILLK on the other Ways of the Week. fab 12 tf W. Hi. W. RILEY TRIAL JUSTICE; Residence in Fork of Edttfto* ALL BUSINESS ENTRUSTED vill be july 28 ly REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS ftehcfsi Commission Merchants, Ailijera H'/mr/, CHARLESTON, S. C. Oswxli. Rekdkr. Zimmebma-m Davis. cct 16 Gm i-l_-:_ .a. j. sAXiii>rA:S, FACTOR AND commission mekciiaxt, charleston s. c. Liberal advances made on Cotton. Bkfkrknceb?First National Hank, Peo ple's National Bank, Messrs. Jno. Frnncr & ?#., Charleston, s. c. july 81?ly "e7l halse y, lUMBEII a A'i> ti m Ii ER COM MISSION M ERCH A NT, Wharf, West End ]tIon(aguC".St, CHARLESTON, S. C. aog',27 ly F OR SALE.?ONE RUGGY AND Harnes?. AIko two FINE HORSES at * W. I . MERONEY St CO'S. D BIEL APPLES and PEACHES, very fine at W. A. MERONEY & CO. OFFICIAL. Acts and Joltlt Resolutions 1'aased by tue Legislature? Session 1670 and 1871. An Act to Incorporate, (he Charleston Clranning C\nn}>uuy} of the City of Charleston. SKt'TlOX 1. He it enacted by the Son ate and House., of Representatives of the State of Sonth Caroliua, now met aud sitting iu Geucral Assembly, and by the authority of the samd, That the incor poration of a Company, to be located iu the city of Charleston; bo, and tlie feitue is hereby, authorised. Said Company shall consist of Jacob itoynll, Samuel Marion, licit Jonhin?, Francis Mazyck, Jack Mkldleton, Thomas' Gattff, Edward Jackson nnd Friday Addison, aud such other pcrrous as may hereafter associate ' with them. Sec. 2. That the said company shall have succession of officers and members; according to its by-laws, shall hate pow er to mako by-laws not repugnant to tho laws of the land, aud to have, uso and keep a common soul, to alter the came at will, and to suo and be sued, plead and be itnpleuded, iu any Court in this State. Skc. 3. That the said Company shall be empowered to retain, possess aud cu joy nil such property, real aud personal, its it muy posscas, "be entitled to, or which shull hereafter be given, be queathed to, or iu any manner be ac quired by it, nod to sell; rilieu or transfer the samo. Skc 4. That this Act shall bo a pub lic A?"t, and to continue in force ibr tho term of ten years from tho date of its r ratification. Approved Fobruary 11, 1871. * 4 An Act to lit charter Moore a Ferry, un ?-Jrr-*fc-e tmrnr rtf"t/mtr(ns""Iri'rry, veer the. Catawuu li'ver. " Suction 1. Ro it enacted by the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the State of South Caroliua, now met and Citing ::: 'JciCi'a! Anacmuiy, and by life authority of the tome, That the Ferry over tho Cutawbti River, knowu us Moore's Ferry, bo, and the name is here by, re chartered under the name of Din kins' Ferry, and rested it L. M. Dinkins and bis legal representatives, for the term of fourteen years from the passage of this Act, with the same privileges, rights, franchises and emoluments as are at prcseut secured by "law : Provided, however, 1 hut children going to and re turning from school, aud others going to and returning from church, or fromelcc shall be pussod fret over said Ferry. - Approved February 11, 1871. An Act to IncOrjioratc the Nashville In dependent Blues Charitable Associa tion, of the ' ity of Charleston tt South Carolina. Seo:i")N. 1. Bo it enacted by the Senate and Houso of Ilepreicntati'i'es of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gencin! Asaomr?lyj ajjfl by the authority of the same, That I. S. Lazarus, F. E. Raine, I. S. Goldsmith, T. J. Ford, and others, who now ore, or hereafter may be, mcmbors and officers 0f i\ia l?ssV?ttt? X^d*r?rr.df:r.t fU??? charitable Association, and their succes sors, officers and m'mbcrs, be, and they are hereby, declared to be a body corpo rate ami politic, under the natno and style ot "The Nashville Iu dependent Ulues Charitable Association and the said corporation shall, by its corporate name, sue aud bo sued, implcad aud be irnplcadcd, iu the Courts of this State und shall be able and empowered by law to purchase, hnic, hold, enjoy nird pos sess any goods, chuttlcs, lands, tenements or mal estate, of what kind or uoturo soever, and the same, or any part there of, to sell, alien or couvcy at their will and pleasure: Provided, however, That tho property so to be hold shall not ex ceed the value of fivo thousand dollars : aud the said corporation shall have power to make a commou soul, with power to change aud altar the as often us they shall deem necessary. Sec. 2. And bfc it further enacted, That this Act shall bo deemed n public Act, and shnll continue iu force for the term of fourteen years. Approved February 11,1871. An act to J jidate the Wight Of. Tra verse. 1! it quacted by tho Senate aud House of Representatives of the Stato of South wuroliua, now mot and sitting in Gcucrnl Assembly, and by tllo nu thority of the same, That a travorso of en indictment shall not, in uny Court of crimitnal jurisdiction in this Stato, of itself, operate to coul'uuu the case. Approved February 11, 1871. ? An Act to Incorporate the South Caroli na Saving utlj J?uihlinw Association, . No. 2. Section 1. He it enacted by the Sen .ate alid House of Representatives ot the State of South Curolina, no\v met and bittl?g in General Assembly, aud by the authority of tho s tue, That C. D. Rrahe, C Fledge, J. Steibcr, R. Isscr tcd, Henry B. Eckel, M. Israel, A. Tief enthul, E. F. Rcuedidickt, Philip Mei tzer, John Rughchner, A. W. Eckel, Charles Litschgl, A. Niemann, Kdward Pills, L. Klein; A. Litschgi, John M. I Martin, J. II. Tollers, Charles Eocs sler, F. Beintz and C. ?. Michwlts, to gether with such other persons whd now are, or hereafter may be, associated with thcui, bo, and ths* arc hereby, incorpo j rated titid declared u body politic und ineorpoeatc, under the name and stylo of the South Carolina Saving nnd Rilil ditig Association, Jso. 2,' for the purpose of Laying and soiling real nnd personal estate, aud making loans of money; se cured by mortgage of real and personal property. Sec. 2. That the capital stock of the said corporation .shall consist to thirty shares, to be paid in by tuccessivc week ly installments of two dollars On each share, so long as the corporation shall continue, or by such other contributions as shall bo assessed and required by au unanimous voto of ?11 the shareholders, the said shares to be held, transferred, assigned ami pledged, and also to bo liable to be forfeited to the corporation, aud the holders thereof to bo subject to such fines and forfeitures for violation of the Constitution, rules and by-laws, and for default of payment of said con tribution, as may be prescribed by the Constirtttion, rules and by-lawi of (he1 said corporation; aud, moreover, the said shares to bo disposed of at the death, resignatiou or removal from the State of rthy shareholder, in such mahrier as may be prescribe! by the said constitution, rules and by-lairs. Sec. 3. That ihe said corporation shall have such number and succession of officers and member as shall be or dained nnd cho^oti according to the con stitution, rules nnd by-laws as are not repugnant to the Cionstihifiori and la"frs of the laud; shall have and keep a com mon seal, and altar the same at will; shall sue and be sued, plead and be im plcnded, :n any Court of law or equity in this State, anq shall have aud enjoy all and every right and privilege inci dent and belonging (o coyporatc bodies. Sec. 4. That the funds of tho said corporation may be invested in such property, real or personal, and ? 'curities, public or private, nnd loaned to share holders aud members or other persons or corporations on sneh securities, in such mode, ?fi Such terms, and such cou ditious, iind subject to such regulations, as may be, from time to time, prescrib ed LU USU UOUBtltubiuU, i uica UUU UY' laws of said corporation, and that it shall nnd may be lawful for the said cor poration to tako and held such lands, tenements and hereditaments, and per sonal property, bonds, stocks, public or private, and choscs in action, as they shall acquire by purchase-, devise, bc qutsts, gifts, assignments or otherwise', and to take and hold such lands, tene ments, hereditaments and personal prop erty, and such stocks nnd bonds, public or private, or choserr* in action, as shall bo mortgaged, convoyed, o&igttcd or pledged to it by way of security upon its loau3 or advances or purchase at sales thereof, ami fo Scrl, alien, transfer or otherwise dispose of the same, from time to time, as tho said corporation may deem expodient. Sec. 5. That immediately after the expiration often years from the present time, the assets of t ho corporation shall bo fairly and justly divided among the stockholders aud members thereof, and upon tho distribution and division, then this corporation shall cease and deter mine. ?Sec. G. That this act shall be taken nnd deemed a public Act, and that tho same may bo given in evidence, without being specially pleaded. Approved Februar An Act Ceding th Stufe of South 0 States of Anlerfa may be Acrjnind by the sititl Uttttei Section 1. Be Sehntfc and Hodso < the State of South and sitting in Got by tho authority tho jurisdiction ot Caroliua is hereby States of America, shall bo neoe?sarjf f of the Uuited St the jurisdiction be vest until tho Uuit< shall have acquired by grant or deed Jt Of, und tho cVidcu been recorded iu title to such laud h; United States of Air? such jurisdiction so,' slidll be used for Act mentioned, nod jurisdiction is grant* condition that the lina shall retain n cor with the United Sttl said latids, So far cases n?t affecting tli property of the Unit critiiinal or other under the authorijj South Cam persons charged witj tnennors oommittcd tho limits of tho sal ccutcd therein, in ^Hftou of the the I'nitcd *?? suoh Land a f.< gjpft'c Vwposcs Wtpf America. wBfia by the BBoSentntivcs of Bma, now met ^assembly, nud U nine, That St: te of South Fto tho Uuited so nuich laud as public purposes Pruvidi d, That / ceded shall not Z ; des of America i T title tu the lands .<?? owners thcrc rcof (HJall Have by law, the Ibordcd ; and the flea arc to retain jng :is such lands, urposes in this ungcr j?-e.iid such Upon the express of South Caro rrcnt jurisdiction iu and over the 11 process iu all real or personal "States, aud such a as sliall issue of the State of auy person or crimes or mtsdo thin or without ands, may I?c ex c same way aud /1 ucci lh.crcof i) t :?0>i>ifie>:, r?s ii no jur.lruictioii li.nl Ljci. 1 rid t an 1 tens r??jlt>*d. ?"<* nfi.r.-> hrsjeby ceded. Skc. 2. That all incnts which n __J, said, to the United Spates, shall be and continue, so long as tho saun: shall, be used for the purposes in this Act men tioned, exonerated nnjd discharged from all taxes, assessments Innd other charges which n>'?v ha ',,,p,.'?,*j;I 'jn'lcr the au thority of the Stato oi South Carolina. A pproted February(11,1 S71. An Act to Renew and Extend an Act t<> . Provide a Mode J;y xihu-h to Perpet?' ate Testimony in Relation to Denis, Mills, Chases in Action, and other Pet pert and Records ucstroyed or l?st during the recent u txr. SbCTIQN 1. Be it enacted by the Seri ate aud House of Representatives S the State of South Carolina, now met and sittirfg in General 'Assembly, and by the authority ?l' the same, l'hut the Act en titled "An Act to provide a mode by which to pcrpetnato testimony in rela tion to Deeds, Wills, Choscd in Action, and other papers and record*! Sestroycd or lost during the recent war," approved on the 21st day of December, in the year of ohir Lord*one thousand eight bundled and sixty-five, he, and the fame is hereby, renewed, and shall extend and continue ?n lOic-e lor the term oi' nve years, from the ratification of this Act. Sec. 2. That said Act be further auicudcd, so as t> dispense with the per sonal service of any notice required uti dftr the nrnrisinns of = ;'. -.) uy.A :.. all cases iu which such notice shall be left at the usual place of residence or business of tbe defendant, the same shall be valid in law, to all intents niul pur poses, nS if served upou the person uf defendant. Approved February 11, 1871. An Art to Repeal Bo much of an Act of 1839 as Prohibits the Clerk* of the Courts of the Stair from acting as At torney* or Solicitors in //<<? Courts of the State. Section i. Re it jtesolvcd by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and silling in Gchoral Assembly, and by the authority of the iuuic, Thai so much of the Act of 183D as prohibits the Clerks of the various Courts id'this State from acting as Attorney and So licitors in tho Courts of the State, be, ' and the same is hereby, repealed. Sec. 2. That from nud after the pas sage of this Act, th<> Clocks of the dif ferent Courts of this Stute shall have the privilege of acting as Attorneys and Solicitors in all tho Courts in the State, except in the Courts of their respective Couutios, provided such Clerks shall have complied with tho requirement* ol an Act to regulate the admission of per sons te practice as AtttirnOys, Solicitors in tho Courts of this Stato, approved tho 23d day of September, 1868. ^Approved February 11, 1871. An Act to Regulate tile Appointment Ju risdiction and Duties of Notaries Pub lic. Section 1. Re it enacted by the Sen ate and IloU?o of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now v.'.ct and siltiug in General Assembly and by tho authority of tho same, That tho Gov ernor bo authorized to appoint as many Notaries Public throughout the State as the public good shall require, to hold their offices during tho pleasure of the i Governor, and whose jurisdiction shall exteud throughout tho State. Sec. 2. That vyvry Notary Public shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, a ccrtiGod copy of which oath shall be recorded in tho office of the Secretary of State. f Sec. 3. That every Notary Public shall have a bcuI of office, which shall be affixed to bis instruments of publication, a?d to his protestations j but the absence of such seal shall not rcudct his acts iu valid, provide his official title be affixed. Sec. 4. That Notaries Public shall have power to administer oaths, lake de positions and affidavits, protest for non payments and proofs of dooS; and ether instruments required by law to be ac knowledged, and take renunciations of dower and iuheiitancn. Approved February 11, lS7i. ?r ?T" An Art to amend an Act entitled "A? A<-/ to establish a State Orphan Asylniu" Ro it Resolved by tho Senate nnd House of Representatives, of tho Stato of South Carolina, now met nnd sitting in General Assembly, and by the au thority of the same, That, Section C of ol" the Act to establish a State Orphau Asylum. p.i????l January 19, 18G9, be so amended as to tho Trustees thereof the power to bind out orphan children resident therein : Provided, That said Trustees shall make it, in all cases, a coudition that said children-shall rcceivo a good common ech*ol education, and that said Trustees shall exercise a super visory control over such children du ring the continuance of their apprentice idhip. Approved February 11,1871. A<i Act to Incorporate the Mote* Guards, of Ridgeway, in Fairfield County. SrcTlON 1. Re it enacted by the Sen ate hud House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting i:? General Assembly, and by the authority of tho same, That S. M. Smart, Jack P. James, Wyat Boulwaro and Samuel Adams, and their successors in offiee, be, and are hereby, constituted I a body corporate and politic, under the j and style of the Moses Guards, with a capital stock not exceeding the sum of five thousand dollars, with tho right to sue and be sued, to plead aud bo im pleaded in any Court of competent ju | risdiction, to have and to use a common fcCrw, r?:;.~ e;k 5??>0 to <t?Lcr at,van and I pleasure; riud with all other rights, privileges and immunities that are now secured by law to like incorporated bodies. Sec. 2. This Act shall ha deemed a public Act, and shall remain in forco for a term of fourteen years. Office Secretary of State, Columbia, S. C, Februnry 13, 1871. The foregoing Act, having been pre sented to the Governor of this Stato for his approval, and not having been re turned by him to tho branch of the It en oral Assembly in which it originated, within the time prescribed by the Con uitn'tion, has become a law without his approval. (Signed) V. j. CARDOZO, Secretary of Stute. An Art to Create r Debt of the State of South Carolina, to bz known as the Sterling Funded Debt; the same, or the Proceeds thereof to be Erchn'n-rhj used in Exchange fv ; or in Payment of, tlic Existing Vublic Debt of said State. Section 1. Re it enacted by tho Sett a to and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, uow met and sitting in Genoral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That tho Go*? eruor of the State be, and he is hereby, authorised to borrow, on the credit of the filaic of Sou la CarollHa, it cttm not exceeding one million two hundred thousand pounds sterling; snch debt to bo represented by conpon bonds; the same to bear si* pounds pel- centum per annum interest, in gold, payable semi annually; the principal and interest thereof to be redeemable and payable iu tho City of London, in .England, and the priucipul thereof to be redeemable and payublo within twenty years from the passage of this Act, ia gold coin. Sec. 2. Such debt, hereby author ized, shall ho known as tho Sterling funded debt. Th? bonds to bo issued iu pursuanco hereof shall bo signed by the Governor, aud countersigned by the Stato Treasurer, under the seal of thia Stale. The coupons attached to such bonds shall bo signed by tho State Treas urer, or executed in such manner aS tbo Government of the State may approve, his signature to said bonds being evi dence of such approval. Sec. 3. That all of the bonds author ized by this Act, or their proceeds, shall be used exclusively in exchango for, or "iu payment of. tho existing Public Debt cf this Stato heretofore authorised. Sec. 4. That all of the bonds hereby authorised Shall be placed in tho hands of a fiuancial agent of this State, to be appointed by the Governor, Attorney General, Treasurer, Comptroller-Gener al and Secretary of State: Provided, That said financial Roard shall recoivc no compensation. Such agent shall re* side in tho city of London aforesaid; and the fiuancial board hereinbefore author ized, or u majority of them, through the financial agent of the State, in Now York, arc hereby authorized aud direc ted to cuter iulo au agreement with such financial agent as may be appointed, as aforesaid, for tho negotiation of said bonds; for tho payment of tho interest thereon until the maturity thereof; for tho payment of srid bonds at maturity, thereof; for the payment of the iutcrest thereon uiitil the maturity, and for the exchange of the same fur any of the public dbb't of this State, or for tho pay ment of any of said public debt, from the proceeds of such nevf bonds os they may deem to be for the iutcrest of this State : Provided, That nono of the ex isting public debt, as afoicsaid, shall bo paid before the maturity thereof out of the proceeds of the bonds hereby author ized, unless the same can bo purchased nrd redeemed at a rate not exceeding the raic at which such new botids shall be negotiated; and, for the purpose of this Act, and iu payment of interest on said bonds, and in the redemption there of, the pound stcrliug shall bo deemed to be tho equivalent to five dollars in gold coin of tho United States : Provi ded, That the financial agency created by this Act shall not be placed in the hands of any one person, but shall bo cntriTstej} to the management of a ro-* sponsiblo Ranking House of first class reputation in the now rind tho old world. Sec. That annual tax, in addition to nil ntilOr taXM, shall ho levied tjnnn ?11 the taxable property within this State sufficient to pay the interest on the a*ebt hereby authorized, at the time when such interest shall becomo duo ni l payablo, and shall bo remitted to said financial agent in London, and a further similar tax shall bo levied in the same manner, sufficient to provide for a sinking fuud of two per centum iu gold per annum on the full amount of the debt hereby cre ated, which sinking fund shall bo remit ted to the said financial agent of the Slate in London, to bo applied to tho re demption and payment of two per cen tum of the principal of tho said bonds at par. Ti.e bonds thus to bo paid shall be annually drawn, by lot, at such time and plrec, and under such regulations, as the Governor of tho Stato and fiuancial agent may determine, and on all such drawings the A&'cricaQ Minister to the Court of St. J unes, in England, or the Secretary of the Amcrc.m Legation, in London, or the American Consul, at ? London, shall be invited ;o be present,' and to certify to such drawings'. Sr.c. 6. From time to time, aud when any of the existing public debt of this Stato shall be redeemed bv'tho oichsaiSS of the bonds hereby authorized, or shall be paid from the proceeds thereof, such debt, so rcdvcuieJ or paid, and the evi donee thereof, shall be forthwith abso lutely cancelled, sod shall not be re-is sued in aoy form; and the total amount thus redeemed, or paid, shall bo annual ly reported by tho Comptroller-General: Sec. 7. Th?t trie faith, credit and funds of the State of South Carolina are hereby solemnly and? irrevocably pledged for tho punctual payment of tKo principal and interest oT the debtberoby created, add for the annual redemption of that portion thereof for ?hieb a sink ieg fund is authorised; and the issue by the Governor of any of tho b mds here by authorized shall bo conclusive evi dence, in favor of any bona.fide bolder thereof, that tho provisions of this Act have been fully complied with by the State officers, and th&t such bonds are legally and properly created. Sec. 8. The honor and credit of tliis State is also hereby pledged to' the bold er of the debt authorized by this Act that this Stato will uot horeafter, by it Bclf, officers or agents, until said debt is fully paid and discharged, create any new debt or obligation, or by the loan of its credit, by guaranty; endorsement or otherwise, excepting for the purpose ?F meeting its existing obligations, or in1 and for tho ordinary nnd current busi-. ness of she State, without first submitting tho question as to tile creation of any such now debt, guaranty, endorseoierit of lean of its credit to the people of this" State at a general State election., and art less two-thirds of the qualified' voters oT the Stato voting on this question shall be in favor of a further debt, guaranty; endorsement or loan of its credit, none such shall be created or made. Sec. 9. Tho.Commission herein ap pointed, or a majority of thorn, are hereby authorised to yjijf sdcH sdms as" utay- bb neecSsdiy for the purpose of car rying this Act irito effect, out of any funds out of any fiuds df the State not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 10. For tho purposes ol ibis* Act, and to carry out tho Same, all Acts'; or parts of Acts, inconsistent with this* act, are hereby repealed. Approved Marcff 7th, 1871. Joint "Resolution to Provide for*the Yttt'H cation of the Supreme Court Pdictred During the Tears 186S, l86tf and ; 18T0: Sectio* 1. Bo it Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, arid try the authority of the same, That tV.c j\f? ticca of tho Sffprcme Court be' atithoriie<i to contract with, the Hon. J. S. G. Rich ardson, of Sumter, South Carolina, td prepare for publication, and superintend tho same, the decisions Of the Supreme Court delivered during the years' of 1868, 1869 and 1=70, now on file, at a prico not exceeding one thousand dollars', and the printing of said decisions shall be done by the Republican Printing Company. Sec. 2. That William rfoustor. Wigg, late Report it of the Supreme Court, on demand of tho Honorable J. & G. Rich ardson, after tho making of fh'o Contract in the first /Section provided for, deliver to said Richardson the certifiari ?i.rd?* of the decisions of the Supreme Court furrtis'hed bim by the Clerk of the #S'u prcine Court, during his term of office, and all other papers relative to said de. cisions, coming to him by virttte of his* office. Approved March 2, 1871. Great Trees from Little Acorns Grow.?Bolivar was a drnggist. Mohamet Ali was a barber. Virgil was the son' of a potter. Milton was tho son of a soavonger. Horace was tho son of a shopkeeper. Do most hones was the son of a ctftlcr. Robert Burrfs was a ploughman in Ayreahire. Shakespeare was the son of a wool stapler. j Cardinal Woolscy was the son of a pork butchor. Oliver Crorawol! was tfce sori of 4 London browor. "Whitoficld was tho son of an innkee per at Gloucester. . Columbus was tho son of a weaver, and a^weaver himself, j John Jacob Astor ouce sold apples orr the streets of New York. "II?nar and fame from no condition list: Ac' well your part, thare Ml the hontsr l*w."